Register of the Oregon Multi-Use 19th c. Ledger,
1867-1888
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Register of the Oregon Multi-Use 19th c. Ledger,
1867-1888
Collection number: Mss89
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University
Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Processed by:
- Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- 1994
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Occidental Market Ledger (Oregon Ledger)
Date (inclusive): 1867-1888
Collection number: Mss89
Creator:
Reginald R. Stuart
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Oregon Multi-Use 19th c. Ledger, Mss89,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Biography
The first user of this multi-use ledger was the Occidental Market of
Portland, Oregon, which was operated by G.V. Marshall and Louis Jantzen.
Occidental sold meats to grocers and hotels. Establishments doing business with
Occidental included the Washington, Shakspear and Union Hotels, the California
House, and the Franklin Market. In the fall of 1868 Marshall moved his business
to Albany, Oregon. Here his principal customers were Frenchy Meats and the
Empire Restaurant. Marshall appears to have ceased business operations in
December 1868.
School District #50, Douglas County, Oregon, was newly formed in
February, 1871. The first act of the trustees was to select a school site. This
location was "on the south side of Mill Creek east of the road leading from
Coles Valley to Roseburg." The building erected on that site subsequently
became known as the Cleveland School. This ledger contains the record of each
annual meeting of the District #50 trustees from the date of organization of
the district through 1888. District records occupy this ledger. They were
probably kept by F.M. Good, the Board clerk.
Cleveland, Oregon is situated on the Umpqua River about four miles south
of Coles Valley. In 1884 the settlement had a post office, a general store, and
a mill "all kept by Mr. F.M. Good." According to Walling's History of Southern
Oregon (1884), under the school at Cleveland was begun in 1872 under the
directorship of George B. Yale. When Walling's history was published, Cleveland
school had forty-eight pupils.
The Cleveland Lodge No. 175 of Good Templars was organized in November,
1872. This group is not mentioned in 19th century Oregon local histories, but
it seems to have been a coeducational social club with some interest in the
temperance movement. The records in this volume consist of a list of charter
members and the minutes of meetings held in 1872 and 1873. The business of
Templars' meetings seems to have centered on nominations for membership,
initiation of members, preparation of regalia, election of officers, and the
reading of papers pertaining to temperance issues.
BOX 1: OREGON MULTI-USE LEDGER
MARSHALL MEAT MARKETS, PORTLAND & ALBANY
(ORE.)---Accounts, 1867-68
pp............1-96, 336, 349-350, 355
DOUGLAS COUNTY (ORE.) SCHOOL DISTRICT #50---District
Records, 1872
GOOD TEMPLARS: CLEVELAND LODGE NO. 175---Minutes,
1872-1873
pp............164, 169, 171-184, 262-265
pp............170, 185-261, 266-335
